i've got an old laptop that i'm using right now with debian testing/unstable, it's an Acer Aspire 3614LMi.this laptop has 4 USB conections but it's BIOS doesn't allow me to boot using USB, something that would be very important to me since the DVD isn't working very well, and i like testing several distros using this laptop.

does anyone knows if this kind of hardware supports the LinuxBios, Coreboot?Has anyone ever tried install coreboot on a laptop like this?

Linux is an operating system, a large piece of software that manages a computer. It is similar to Microsoft Windows, but it is entirely free (as in Freedom/Livre). The accurate name is GNU/Linux but "Linux" is used more often.http://www.getgnulinux.org/linux/